Image Licensing
All works in The Legacy Collection are available as digital assets for rights-managed licensing for editorial and commercial use. Each image was created entirely in-camera using analogue processes and photographed underwater.
All works are scanned and stored on our server ready for immediate use once a license is agreed.
What you can license
- Editorial (print & digital): magazines, newspapers, books, documentaries.
- Commercial: brand campaigns, packaging, web, film and broadcast.
- Cultural & institutional: museum catalogues, exhibitions, education.
How to license
- Note the image title/URL you wish to license & click the ´Enquire´ button.
- Tell us the usage: territory, media, placement, print run or impressions, start date, and term.
- We will issue a license proposal and the fee, once signed we will deliver the master files, with your formal license documentation.
Credit & copyright
Please credit: Alexander James Hamilton — The Legacy Collection. All images © Alexander James Hamilton artist founder of The Distil Ennui Studio™ Est. 1990.
Contact
Talk to us direct with the Green Live Chat button or use the contact page. For urgent requests, include “URGENT LICENSE” in the subject.
Copyright Enforcement
All content is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Unauthorised use may expose you to civil and criminal liability, including statutory damages beyond those available under the Berne Convention.
FAQ
Q. Are site specific installation prints available?
Non-Edition unsigned commercial prints are available by special request in sizes up to 12 metres in length, under rights managed terms; under the condition that there is to be no commercial resale of the print(s) at any time. These prints are available to interior designers, property developers and architects for permanent site specific installations.
Q. Can I see higher resolution images ?
All still images and videos seen on this website are shot ‘in camera’. The stills are shot on analogue medium and large format cameras using 6x6 cms, 5x4 inch or 10x8 inch transparency film plates with the finest quality film scans all prepared and loaded onto our digital archive for immediate access. The video files are shot as you see them with no post production, you will be licensing the raw file.
The quality is difficult to see at web screen resolution; if you would like to view higher res images or files please make your choice and click the 'ENQUIRE' button and you will be contacted to arrange a closer look.
Q. How do I get usage license pricing information ?
All images are available exclusively on a ‘rights managed’ basis only, the fee to license or reproduce an image, video or 3d model file is based specifically how it will be used at all times, and, in all circumstances.
Any still images or videos that interest you can be, click the 'Enquire' button and we will contact you by return to discuss your specific needs.
Q. Do you offer images, video and 3d model files with Exclusivity ?
All image, video and 3d model files are solely offered on an exclusive basis by default, no image or video will be re-licensed for a period of 24 months. No similar image or video will be re-licensed to the same industry sector for the same period of 24 months, offering you peace of mind that your campaign will not be diluted by competitors for a full 2 year period.
Q. Do you offer Royalty Free images or Subscription services ?
No this would be detrimental to the studios plan to offer unique virgin use assets and offer rights managed assets only. All images, videos and 3d models are exclusively available on a ‘rights managed’ only basis. we offer no ‘Royalty Free’ or ‘Subscription’ usage services of any kind for commercialisation of any of these works.
It should be noted all works (video, still and 3d models) are registered with the US Copyright Office, affording us the right to protect the misuse of these works outside of the Berne Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention). We will vigorously upholding all rights as the creator by prosecuting copyright and moral rights breaches in all instances, without exception.
Please support & respect the many years work it has taken to develop this respected archive by restricting your usage to the specific ‘usage rights’ you have requested and that any agreed license offered is based upon.
Notes: Where helpful, we can provide variant crops and guidance on colour management. Files may include IPTC rights metadata identifying this page as the license source.
